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Traffic Stop Leads To Drug, Weapons Charge

Recently, a traffic stop was initiated near the Matapeake School Complex. DFC Schultz was conducting speed enforcement in the area of Route 8 and Camp Wright Lane. A vehicle was observed on radar traveling 56 mph in a posted 40 mph zone. DFC Schultz followed the vehicle and initiated the stop in a posted school zone.
The driver was identified as James Brown, a 61-year old man from Stevensville. A probable cause search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun inside the center console, and a search of Brown located 88 Oxycodone pills in a clear plastic baggie, as well as CDS paraphernalia. Brown was placed under arrest at the scene.

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